They were 9 strings. Here's the Baroque guitar. This would have been what your instrument was like if you were a guitar player in the 1600's. 9 strings, tuned fairly similarly and with way more gut then you're used to. Brandon Acker: null http://brandonackerguitar.com/ My guitar courses are available within the Guitareo membership :) https://www.guitareo.com/ Also, my beginner course, GuitarQuest, is still available on it's own too https://www.guitareo.com/guitar-quest The gear that I use: https://imp.i114863.net/yRLxmG Win $1000s in FREE Gear at Sweetwater: https://imp.i114863.net/7mxBM5 Sweetwater’s deals page: https://imp.i114863.net/qnNGyg The channel is supported in part by Sweetwater’s affiliate program. Thanks for that! Commentary, song stems, and early access to videos when you super-subscribe on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/RobScallon Mixed by Rob Ruccia of Uptown Recording: http://www.uptownrecording.com/ Assistant editor Amanda Sellers: https://www.instagram.com/heysellers Video shot & edited by Jake Jarvi: null Assistant editing by Amanda Sellers This video was made possible because of Patreon support from Rob Harper, Hypergnome, Fabio, Ben Swan, Isaac Briefer, ricin, rd1994, Sheldon Bird, Yaroslav Yermilov, Jack Cahillane, Denis Lachapelle, Kevin Harris, Jonathan Olejniczak, Fuad Ghazali, and many other awesome people on my Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/RobScallon Big videos go on this channel. Everything and anything else is on the 2nd: null Also... Vinyls/Merch: null Instagram: http://instagram.com/robscallon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robscallon Facebook: Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/twitter78